Two people from Pune lost Rs 9.71 Lakh to an online gift card fraud

Two victims from Pune lost Rs 9.7 Lakhs to online fraudsters who posed as employees of an online portal. A Fraudster called one of the victims and told her that she has won a Maruti Alto car in a lucky draw held by their online shopping portal. In order to get the car delivered, she was asked to pay Rs 2,53,905 towards Services Tax (GST), no-objection certificate (NOC), car insurance and income tax. She transferred the amount to multiple accounts within a span of 15 days. Another victim received a call from a fraudster who told him that he had won a gift from an online money transfer portal. The caller told the victim that he could either choose Rs 12,60,000 in cash or a Hyundai Creta car. In order to receive the cash gift, the victim was asked to transfer Rs 7,17,350.